Editing Crop rotation (section)

=== Biodiversity ===

Increasing the biodiversity of crops has beneficial effects on the surrounding ecosystem and can host a greater diversity of fauna, insects,<ref name=coleman2012/> and beneficial microorganisms in the soil<ref name=coleman2012/> as found by McDaniel et al 2014 and Lori et al 2017.<ref name="Saleem-et-al-2019" /> Some studies point to increased nutrient availability from crop rotation under organic systems compared to conventional practices as organic practices are less likely to inhibit of beneficial microbes in soil organic matter, such as arbuscular mycorrhizae, which increase nutrient uptake in plants.<ref name="mader2000"/> Increasing biodiversity also increases the resilience of agro-ecological systems.<ref name=baldwinCEFS/>